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SMACS 0723 Deep Field: The deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date, captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, revealing thousands of galaxies in a single frame.
Within seconds, the star is violently blown apart, hurling stellar debris into space at speeds thousands of times faster than the most powerful rocket ever built. This is a supernova explosion.
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